After reading the book Humility, post an initial thread to include the following (use separate bolded section titles or paragraphs to break up the post showing where each point is addressed):
Approximately, what percentage of the book was read in preparation for this discussion?
What is Murray’s central thesis in the book? Defend your answer.
In chapter 2, Murray writes, “If humility be the first, the all-including grace of the life of Jesus, if humility be the secret of His atonement, then the health and strength of our spiritual life will entirely depend upon our putting this grace first too, and making humility the chief thing we admire in him, the chief thing we ask of him, the one thing for which we sacrifice all else.”
Do you agree or disagree with this statement and how is his argument here developed through the rest of the book?
Whether you agree or not with his argument, wherein Scripture could someone argue that “humility be the first, the all-including grace of the life of Jesus”?
Which chapter did you find most convicting and why?
Which chapter did you find most encouraging and why?